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Scythian Cannabis in Ancient Ukraine: Herodotus discovers hemp for Greeks
Man’s Great Benefactor “Throughout the ages, Cannabis has been extolled as one of man’s greatest benefactors and cursed as one of his greatest scourges. Cannabis...
Khokhols: Ilya Repin’s Ukrainian Cossacks
Repin & Cossacks’ Reply World-famous painter Ilya Repin devoted 10 years to creating his painting The Reply of the Zaporizhzhian Cossacks to the Turkish Sultan....
Khokhol Hairstyle: Millennium-Old Mark of Nobility of Kyiv Rus Rulers
Leo the Deacon Byzantine court historian Leo the Deacon met Kyiv ruler Sviatoslav the Brave in person in 971 AD. Leo’s description of the famous...
Older than Stonehenge and Pyramids: Megalithic Cromlech Kurgan in Ukraine
Excavations In early 2021, archaeologists began excavating a huge mound south of Dnipro in central Ukraine; it was 7.5 meters high and 50 meters in...
Homer’s Iliad & Ancient Ukraine: Achilles’ Burial of his friend Patroclus
Patroclus Burial In Chapter 23 of the Iliad, Homer describes the epic scenes of Patroclus’ burial, which Achilles organized for his friend. The funeral ritual included...
Russian Betrayal of All Its Treaties in 1939: NYTimes archival article
The Russian Betrayal 18 Sep, 1939 NY Times It is altogether probable that the Russian invasion of Poland, just at the moment when that country has been...
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Scythians, the Yamnaya Culture offspring
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Ukraine Can Fly
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Trypillia Megasites: The first cities of humanity were not in Mesopotamia,...
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Ukrainian Borscht inscribed on the UNESCO List on Intangible Cultural Heritage
"Ukrainian borscht - national version of borscht consumed in several countries of the region - is an integral part of Ukrainian family and community...
Patroclus’ Funeral Rites in The Iliad: Similarities with Funeral Rites of...
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How Tzar of Moscovy Peter I displayed his barbarism in London
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Chamber-Graves of Kyiv Rus: Scythian burial ritual revival
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Leo Tolstoy on how Russia tried to subdue the Caucasus. Quote.
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Ukrainian Cossacks Origin
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Crane Dance and Hyperborean Cult in Ancient Greece
Below are several quotes from the works of Robert Graves: "It is not known what sort of a dance...